What's wrong with C++?

>Thought I would start a new thread regarding the merits of the above languages. There seems to be a lot of disucssion of various language pros/cons with the advent of the impending new VFP 7 release.
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>In the near future I will be able to use a large UNIX box for web development. Since neither VFP or VB run on UNIX/Linux I am probably
>going to learn to program in Java.
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>What are the reasons to learn or not learn one of the languages?
>What are some other languages choices that run applications on both UNIX and NT servers? I have listed some minor pros and cons for each. I'm sure there are may others out there. Your thoughts?
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>VFP:
> Pros - been around long time, OOP, data centric
> Cons - Windows only, not as widely used as VB
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>VB:
> Pros - large number of developers, M$ favorite, VBA used in Office
> Cons - Windows only, not data centric
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>Java
> Pros - OOP, platform independent, widely used on the Net
> Cons - immature language, not data centric